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DC. 100‘ 150. 2.50. 5043, 750 up to $1.50 each Consisting of : HOME STUDY The Big 4 Christmas as Usual for the Kiddies at Workshop, Middaugh House Suits, Throughly CLEANED and PRESSED - ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS MODERATE CHARGES Is the one leading to a. course of 6 or 8 months in the The Easy Road toia GOOD SALARY DOLL CARRIAGES Christmas Presents S. P. SAUNDERS Practical Tailor Machine Oil. Harness Oil, Ame Grease and H00! Ointment. go to Ladies’ and Gentlemans 80 Santa (.‘Inus said as 1193 brought. his big load of W. H.BEAN .A...I1-...... ....Pu.C~. .I . Redman DOLLS NU \'.\('.\TIU.\‘ 500 and 75C SLEDS 85 cents '1 he Harnessm aka She nodded understanding. Together they crept in the shadow of the chim- ney toward the thin brick dividing wall. the sanded root scratching their hands terribly. Again that Butter or chips. The captain turned and fairly hurled a shot from his revolver at the figures so cautiously approaching. ‘ A cry or. pain followed the report and in In the excitement he became separ- ated from Lucille. She looked about, then uttered a cry of warning. He took a step backward. then instinctive- ly lifted his elbow as though to avert a bullet. The movement overbalanced him and he disappeared over the edge. a groping. tumbling thing. The captain's grip tightened reas- suringly on her wrist. She had tried her best. but still failure dogged her footsteps. Her sweetheart had resigned from the army under such a cloud as must have broken his spirit completely. His heart she knew was already broken by her seeming disbelief in him. Her father was entangled in the same net with his aid. and she held the key to the situationâ€"a key with no lock to fit. She alone knew where the papers that would clear up the entire mys- tery were located. and she was a pris- From" every direction came the pur- suit. Lucille suddenly noticed there was no attempt made to close in upon her, but that she was being driven in a certain direction. A bullet dashed a spray of sand into her face. and she darted asideâ€"darted into a yawning blackness. “If they get me,” be said quietly, “take the gun and make them work.” “Mr. Loubeque's compliments. Miss Lucille.” murmured the butler as he noiselessly approached with a tiny glass of liquor. “and he thought a tiny sip might prove beneficial to the nerves." The pursuit grew bold now. Rose the voice of Loubeque, cold, steady. terri- ble. “Don’t waste shots. Get the man with lead. Catch the girl." When she opened her eyes she was surprised to find that there had been no tall worth mentioning. that she had merely been driven toward a trap door and caught as she toppled down. Lou- beque was watching her. a curiously twisted smile playing about the corners of his mouth. CHAPTER XVI. A Thief ls Rudely Foiled. UIETLY Lucille allowed her- self to be conducted hack to the room from which she had just made her escape. Her heart was so heavy over the death of the captain she did not care what happened. “Than; you. Thompson." she mur- mured sweetly. -“'l‘ell your present employer 1 shall gladly do so. But,” she added. her eyes flashing malicious 1y. “I forgot Mr. Loubeque has been your employer right along.” “Quite 30. Miss Lucille. Thank you.” Before his oerfect aolomb Lucille As Thompson, the butler-thief. swift- ly descended to the ground floor and out into the court and knelt over the body of the man who had fallen from the roof top, his hands fluttered over the man like tiny. white birds. Through the pockets he went. ritling them completely and replacing those things which would be of no value to him. He stopped as he unwrapped the note Lucille had written on the scrap or paper and bound about the ruby. Incredulity, avarice and puzzled de- light fought for mastery upon his fare, In his eyes. Sevreting the ruby in his pocket. he carefully lifted his burden and carried it to the basement of the house. Then he took one last. loving look at his find and started in seam-h of his master. Already a plan had en- tered his cunning brain to gain the rest of the necklace, a plan whereby Lon- beque was to be no gainer. the confusion. the pair made a :3th “Yes,” he murmured, after a mo- ment’s silence. “you are altogether too too slippery. too nerve racking a pris- oner. [ think. while the search for the packet is going on it would save wear and tear on our constitutions to more you to my ranch-my ranch in Mexico. A beautiful spot.” he smiled. “I trust you will enjoy it as much as I have.” Lucille looked at him steadily. In the eyes of both glowed an indomita- ble purpose. a hard resolve, a mutual admiration. Loulmque smiled once more. this time grimly. “Honors have been too even till now. I fancy the much will settle the rub- ber satisfactorilyâ€"at any rate. satisfac- torily to me.” “You have too many friends. Lucille.” he said. THE GRIP: MYSTERY Cowfifif. [9145 .1!!! mouth: picture rain: Wed fix the Vm‘vnual Film Mango:- farm Company, which 1’: new ubibitinj d!!! Production h: landing theater.» {ain't-ela- want: will be vigorccuzy proJccutcl. “MASTER PEN” THE stood undeeided Her nerves were shat- ; tered, and the drink. she knew. would 9 do her good. But there had been that ' look in the man's eyes. She could not be mistaken in it. She touched her tongue to the delicious. fiery stuff and waited. A sensation of comfort slow- ly approached her weary spiritâ€"a feel- lng of lassitude. She fought the sen- sation away. Pouring out the doctored liquor care- fully. she lay against the pillows in a posture of dreamless sleep. It was half an hour before her patience was rewarded. Then Thompson slipped atealthlly into the room. Lucille flex- ed herselfâ€"a steel spring wound to its last notch. Thompson approached swiftly. silent- ly. He was beside her, leaning over her, his hand groping at her throat; I: iittie exclamation of triumph as his finger pads touched the necklace. It was in his hands. and then the steel spring unmiled with tremendous sud- denness. Taken by surprise before the vicious fury of the girl’s attack the butler staggered hack. Before he could re- covm- she was upon him. driving him toward thp cinnr He lifted his hands to fend his face, then stopped abruptly as he stnggernd into his master. Just entering the mam. Hmzn Umhmmp waitvd, watching the furious gm and the ruffled butler curi- ously. A smile curv'ed his lips ~as be turned toward her. “Yon object to the draft. 1 presume. I assure you it has no ill effects and will make the journey one of pleasure instead of “readiness. " Then he whirl. ed nr: “:19 butler. his face hard as granite, his teeth clipping ofl’ each word like steel particles. “What are you doing here?” “I came to see if the draft had taken effect." sulkily murmured the butler. “113‘ what authority '3" “Asking your pardon. sir, but I sug- gested it and was afraid it might have u had elfect. I grew to take an inter- est in Miss Luville in Manila. sir. and did not wish”- "Then they haven’t been found”â€" She stopped abruptly, realizing that her delight had revealed quite as much as his demand. “I am sorry, Lucille, that you cannot see the folly of this. It is your last chance to tell me. It is your last chance to count me a friend. I am waiting." She did not answer. Their eyes met Louheque frowned heavily. but cut him short with an impatient wave of his hand. Lucille felt a sudden im- pulse to tell him the truth. but cou- quered it swiftly. She could fight Thompson tum-h easier than this man. She must kcvp her own counsel. The spy turned to her again. “You did not take the draft?" “No!" “I assure you on my word as a genâ€" tleman that it will cause you no incon- venience. Further, I hoped not to be obliged to tell you that if you do not take it v.'illin;:ly you will be compelled to get it down." This was a new Loubeque she met there. Always had she associated him with the manner of her knowing him. Times he had been tender. other times he had been cruel. always was he craf- ty, cunning. courageous, a one ideal man. But now he seemed all poet, painter. She could hear the softened tones of his voice as. with some of his companions, he wandered about the grounds, tenderly explaining to them the history. the beauty of the flowers. the rare species he had imported for the place. “I am leaving today,” he began ab- ruptly, all the nature lover gone from his cold. stern manner. “Again I ask you to tell me where you put the pa- She bent her head docilely. Resist- ance was out of the question, and. aft- er all. she must save her strength to fight the big things. After a moment’s hesitaticm, {I shudder at the enticing colors shed from the stuff, she drained the glass. It was after one or these rambles that she noticed signs of some impend- ing change about the menage. One morning he suddenly walked toward her. entering the house to shortly en- ter her room. . ~ Lunguor, comfort. peace. She gave herself up to the drug with a prayer, a prayer she felt so certain would be heeded, that in her slumber a smile parted her lips, played about her coun- tenance. And when she awoke she was at Loubeque‘s Mexican ranch. Low. rambling houses of Spanish architecture dotted the great area which the curiously fantastic, wholly artistic fence inclosed. The‘ grounds were laid out in orderly fashion. bloom- ing like the garden of Eden with a riotous profusion of flowers and plants. TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE the patio, Here may passed Thomp- sun. whose eyes started a message of suspicion at them. Before the tempestuousness of his voice Lucille followed his lead. Gone from her was every thought of imme- diate escape. She saw that the man could not he handled easily; that she could not escape from him any more than she could from the other minions of the spy without the use of craft, and yet she felt a curious sympathy for him. pain that she must harm him. Before the great crystal ball that was get upon the flagging beside the mafia fountain. beside which stood the Continued on 0-30 L "He thinks all is not right." said 'the man quietly when Hwy were out of sight. “\Vell,” he added. with a low sigh, “he is right in his suspicion. I could not hope to fool that man. Only a little less wise is be than Hugo himself." “I have come,” he answered quietly, “because I could not help coming. I have come because since first I looked upon youâ€"you will forgive meâ€"there in the city home of Hugo. when I looked upon your face I have seen no other. I have come because I could not stay away. I have come against the will of the man to whom I owe everythinzr. the man I love. because you called mo. because"â€" “Come with me to the crystal ball,” he cried, “and see the vision that has haunted my eyes so long a time. Come with me to the crystal and see the face that has made me forget my vows; forget the one I love and fear; forget everything save the desire for life that I may lay down to bring a smile to it. Come with me, lady or my heart.” It was the fourth day since the de- parture of the master of the place that. standing beside her iron barred Win- dow, she saw the figure of a man top- ping a rise in the distance and draw- ing swiftly nearer There was some- thing strangely familiar about him. something she seemed to recall. In slashed bolero. tight trousers and gold braided sombrero of straw. his long black hair waving gracefully to his shoulders. the ,man made an impressive figure as he faitened steady. undeviatâ€" ing eyes upon her window until she was positive he was looking at her for a purpose. Low voices bummed in conversation. then the man appear- ed before her. offering his arm. "Not right! Then you have come to help me"â€" subject nearest both their hearts. Sud- denly the man seemed unable to stand the strain longer. and she touched his arm sympathetically, but he drew away with a little cry of near pain. Lucille drew away from him at men- tion of his master. but something In the meaning eyes behind the mask re- assured her and she moved out into She touvhed his arm lightly with her fingeys in mute appeal. Her woman’s instim't told her that such a love as this mighf be turned to account. Thompson seemed upon his master's departure to have lost poise as thoughts of the ruby necklace his tin- gers had touched seared itself upon his brain. She recalled how he had served in her father's house so long with never a suspicion from any one that he was other than the perfect butler with a thought outside of his work, And then she recalled the incident of the neck- lace. always would she shudder at the recollection. then deliberately drive it from her mind. “Senor Loubeque sent me that I might escort you about the grounds. might place myself at your disposal." he murmured. Nor did she see him again. That he had gone she knew from the'laxness about the household among his serv- ants. It gave her food for hope. She must escapeâ€"she must. She must es- cape before the iron grip of dreamy lunguor about the place became un- breakable. and held. both filled with an unaltered purpose. Then lmuheque. Without a Word. left the room But always when she wandered about she would encounter one of Lou- beque’s a’ids, always masked, always casually surprised at coming upon her. always urbane and polite. yet insistent upon turning.r her in an opposite direc- tion. It not upon her nerves to such an extent that she finally took to the house and remained there. Every room was grated. and. though she knew they were not here for the purpose. they served it admirably. Slowly They Wander-ed Through tho Gardens. -_ -- The pressure is reported to be tremendous, the meters showing A Milton despatch says: The oil and gas excitement has revived feet i113 well near the B0331 Pressed Brick Company’s works. 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